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BEEKEEPING LEARNING CENTER => GENERAL BEEKEEPING - MAIN POSTING FORUM. => Topic started by: RangerBrad on June 03, 2010, 11:42:07 pm
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How much extracted honey can someone expect to get from a completely full 10 frame medium super? Thank's, Brad
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10 to 14 quarts
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Well, it weighs about 60 pounds and about 40 or 50 of that is honey...
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My medium supers are for 9 frames. I use 8 frames. When combs are full, i can exctract from medium box 30 lbs honey. Often frames are not full and fat and I extract about 25 lbs.
So, a fat medium frame has about 3-4 lbs honey. They are not all equally fat.
That is quite close what Michael says.
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I calculate my yield from the number of boxes :
medium 15 kg
Langstroth 20 kg. Langstroth frames have often pollen stores and thick cell walls because they has been as brood combs.
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I got about 2 1/2 gallons. That's pretty close to what Iddee got too!
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I got about 2 1/2 gallons. That's pretty close to what Iddee got too!
lets have a look:
gallon is 4 litres
specific gravity of honey = 1,4
4 x 1,4 x 2,5 = 14 kg
It is about the same what I have from 9 frame box
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And the correct answer is:
ALL OF THE ABOVE.
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Of course, some years expect 0kg.
Scott
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I usually tell people a medium yields about 3 gallons of honey give or take. Just about what Iddee said.
...JP
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my experience is a bit less than 3 gallons up to 3 gallons.
bailey